Posted on 04/27/2023 7:09:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before a House Appropriations Committee budget hearing Thursday and claimed that Beijing has stolen more personal and corporate data from the U.S. than any other nation, and that their vast ranks of internet spies hugely outnumber the FBI’s forces:
Today’s cyber threats are more pervasive, hit a wider variety of victims, and carry the potential for greater damage than ever before. You take China. A key part of the Chinese government’s multi-pronged strategy to lie, to cheat and to steal their way to surpassing us as the global superpower is cyber.
The director went on to explain the scope of the problem:
The scale of the Chinese cyber threat is unparalleled. They’ve got a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined and have stolen more of our personal and corporate data than all other nations—big or small—combined.
To give you a sense of what we’re up against, if each one of the FBI’s cyber agents and intel analysts focused exclusively on the China threat—on nothing but China—Chinese hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1.
At today's House Appropriations Committee hearing, #FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterated that "the scale of the Chinese cyber threat is unparalleled" and that "they’ve got a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined."
pic.twitter.com/hKRvt3Eeh4— FBI (@FBI) April 27, 2023
Wray requested over $63 million in funding for nearly 197 more cyber positions at the FBI.
My question: if the threat is so serious, why are we sending over $80 billion to the IRS under the Inflation Reduction Act so they can hire over 20,000 new staffers in the next two years? How about we take some of that money and give it to our cyber programs? Just a thought.
Watch Wray’s testimony:
The FBI chief continued, explaining that the Chinese Communist Party is the biggest—but not the only—threat to our digital interests:
But of course, China is not the only challenge in cyberspace—not even close. We’re investigating over 100 different ransomware variants, each variant with scores of victims, as well as a host of other novel threats posed by both cyber criminals and nation state actors.
So in addition to China, countries like Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
It is getting more and more challenging to discern where the nation state threat ends and the cyber criminal threat begins.
He went on to that the U.S. has seen cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools, 9-11 call centers, and more; plus, the attacks aren’t just happening in big cities—they’re happening in small communities too.
Wray described what the Bureau would do with the funding he’s requesting:
We will put those critical resources towards ensuring the FBI remains the world’s premier cyber investigative agency by taking the fight to our adversaries through joint sequenced operations and rapid information sharing with the private sector. By building out our model cyber squads, each tackling multiple threats in more field offices, placing investigators, analysts and other key professionals close to the victims that need us. And by providing our workforce with critical cutting edge training.
Our opponents in this space are relentless and we need your help to ensure that we’ve got the resources to keep responding in kind.
The CCP has definitely grown more aggressive under the Biden administration, sending spy balloons over the American continent and setting up their own police stations in our cities. Although the FBI under Director Wray and his boss, Attorney General Merrick Garland, has proven to have become a hyper-politicized agency, it seems like they’re playing it pretty straight on this one. China is a severe threat to our cyber security, and we better take it seriously.
If we just took a little of that IRA money…
And now less than $630 to reach 30% in our freepathon!
04/27/23 | Jim Robinson
Posted on 4/27/2023, 3:26:37 PM by Jim Robinson
Let’s get ‘er done!
NO RESPONSES YET! SHAME!
I thought it was Russia?
“Women and Minorities hardest hit”
“Mistakes were made”
Counting the ones in the White House?
Ha, That makes it OK.
As hole.
But with Wray the chinese hackers and US Hackers are on the same team trying to defeat the USA.
But it's easier to go after parents defending their children from smut.
My church, of all things, was hacked with ransomware. Demanded $2 million. Negotiated down to $25,000.
Still replacing hard and software.
Back in the early 90,’s I wrote a letter to both my senators after there was a breach of the State Dept. consular database ( utilizing a windows vulnerability that had a patch released 6 months prior that they never installed) suggesting that they needed dedicated units whose sole purpose is to concentrate on these issues. I got letters back from both of them that basically laughed at me saying there was no need. They spoke with the FBI and were assured our systems were secure.
Because Wray said it, its not true.
Maybe the FBI should spend its time hiring hackers to go after the Chinese instead of undercover narcs to go after regular patriotic American citizens.
“Me love you long time”
~xi
I am sure that is true.
Problem is they 100% would not target Chinese hackers or anything China with that money.
No one believes that.
They would target Americans the regime doesn’t find acceptable. Guranteed.
What amazes me is we’re a technological power house, but get “out hacked” by inferior powers.
Our technology is the best, China & Russia can’t match up in any way. They’re inferior from a military perspective.
Yet, until 2012 only 4 entities had put a space capsule in orbit & brought it back:
United States
Russia
China
Elon Musk
What gives?
of course they do.
in asia, china in particular, they promote interest in engineering and tech.
in the US, we promote sexual deviancy, mental instability, and narcissism.
i was writing code when i was 11. of course, that was the beginning of the 80s when we promoted interest in such things.
those days are gone. i find very few young developers with any level of curiosity in tech.
How much does the fbi waste on DIE? Fire anyone and close the DIE department. Stop wasting time on that foolishness.
your statements are based on tech developed by my generation and before.
that doesn’t hold water for those born since ~2000
Whose fault is that, Wray? It’s our nation’s intelligence agencies who are too busy going after conservative parents who are worried about their children’s education, along with those who trespassed at the Capitol on January 6th.
It is the FBI’s fault for spending years coordinating the Russia/Trump collusion Clinton criminal conspiracy with the democrats rather than looking after the nation’s security. So don’t try to act all concerned now!
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